THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY ENGINEERING SPECIFICATION

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ACCEPT/REJECT CRITERIA IN NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING (NDT)

1. SCOPE

This document represents the policy of The Dow Chemical Company

with respect to the significance of indications detected during
all nondestructive examinations.

Use this to determine whether or not action is required (repair,

replacement, etc.) as the result of any NDT report.

2. MAIN AUTHORITY

Standardized NDT Inspections

For NDT inspections of materials, equipment, or processes which

are regulated either by written codes or by official Dow
specifications, use the accept/reject criteria from those
standards in the following manner:

a. Dow Global Engineering Specifications-- Where Dow Engineering

Specifications include (or reference) an NDT accept/reject
criterion use that NDT criterion as the minimum Dow
accept/reject requirement.
EXAMPLE: Use the temperature rise prioritization in Dow
G8S-5081-01 to determine the correct action for high
temperatures detected in motor control centers.

b. National or Local Codes or Standards-- In cases where both

Dow Specifications and national or local (public) codes or
standards include (or reference) an NDT accept/reject
criterion-- satisfy the public NDT criterion as well as any
criterion from the relevant Dow Specification.

Where no relevant Dow Engineering Specification exists-- but

a public (national or local) code or standard with
jurisdiction over the work includes (or references) an NDT
accept/reject criterion; use that NDT criterion as the
minimum Dow accept/reject requirement. EXAMPLE: Use ASME
Section VIII, paragraph UW-51 to determine "accept" or
"reject" with respect to indications in radiographic
examinations (RT) of pressure vessel welds.

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Non Code-Regulated Inspections:

For NDT inspections of materials, equipment, or processes

which are not regulated by any code, standard, or Dow
Engineering Specification-- NDT accept/reject criteria shall
be determined by the owner and/or Dow Engineering or
Maintenance professionals, or data shall be reported as "For
Information Only".

3. OTHER AUTHORITY TO RECOMMEND ACCEPT/REJECT CRITERIA

The responsibility for recommending accept/reject criteria is

normally given to Engineering and Maintenance professionals, as
well as Qualified Pressure Vessel Designers and Qualified
Inspectors.

Owners may specify accept/reject NDT criteria which are MORE

STRINGENT than existing codes, based on the owner's best
judgment.

NDT technicians shall report only the observed indications, and

reference any relevant code or Dow Engineering Specification
standard accept/reject criteria.

NDT technicians (who are not Qualified Pressure Vessel

Inspectors) shall not be seen as an official source for
accept/reject recommendations; that function being beyond the
scope of their qualifications.

The Owner of the equipment may decide the relevance of non-code

inspections.

If the Owner requests that the NDT technician help in

interpreting the indications, the technician shall EITHER...

- refer the owner to the relevant code (if known)

- refer the owner to an appropriate Engineering or Maintenance
professional

The NDT technician shall not promote or suggest any accept/reject

recommendation other than those listed herein.

4. RECOMMENDED QUALIFICATION OF SPECIAL ACCEPT/REJECT CRITERIA

Standardized NDT procedures have typically been developed to

support code accept/reject criteria.

Special procedures are necessary in order to detect indications

smaller than the code minimums.

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The special procedures (as well as the indications they reveal)

add to maintenance expenses, therefore the relative importance of
such small indications should be carefully considered before
specifying accept/reject criteria that diverge from the codes.

When there is a need to resolve defects smaller than code

standard, detection techniques should be established
experimentally, on a case-by-case basis. The techniques so
derived should then be standardized in specific Dow Job
Procedures, along with the special accept/reject criteria. The
following development is recommended:

A qualified expert should be identified to sponsor the special

accept/reject criterion (a Dow Materials Engineer, for example).

The sponsor should prepare a specimen which has defects of the

minimum relevant size(s).

The sponsor should sketch a "map" of the defects in the specimen,

making particular note of the smallest defects necessary to
resolve.

The specimen should be delivered to the site NDT Corporate Level

III to initiate a development of procedure and a "blind"
experiment to prove the procedure.

NDT results should be compared to the sponsor's sketch, and the

process repeated until sufficient resolution is achieved.

The new procedure should be documented and submitted to the

Engineering Specifications (ETS) Database and/or to the site NDT
Operating Discipline), to include...

a. any reasons for diverging from the codes

b. the divergent Dow criterion (with a brief explanation)
c. a responsible Dow contact (sponsor) identified

5. REFERENCES

Dow Specifications containing NDT accept/reject criteria:

a. Dow G8S-5081-01, "Thermal Infrared (TIR) Inspection of
Motor Controls <600 Volts"

Public codes and standards containing NDT accept/reject criteria:

a. API-510 (Pressure Vessels): Pits; paragraph 3.7e

b. API-570 (Piping):
1. Welds; paragraph 3.9
2. Wall Thickness; paragraph 5.4

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c. API-653 (Above-Ground Storage Tanks):

1. Corrosion; Walls of Welded Tanks: paragraphs 2.3.2
and 2.3.3
2. Corrosion; Walls of Riveted Tanks: paragraph 2.3.
3. Tank Bottom Thickness: paragraph 2.4.7 and 4.5
4. Annular Plate Ring Thickness: paragraph 2.4.8

d. ASME Section VIII (Pressure Vessels)

1. Weld Flaws (by RT): paragraph UW-51
2. Rounded Indications in Welds (by RT): Appendix 4
3. Weld Flaws (by UT): Appendix 12, paragraph 12.3
4. Cracks (by MT): Appendix 6, paragraphs 6.3 & 6.4
5. Cracks (by PT): Appendix 8, paragraphs 8.3 & 8.4
6. Flaws in Cast Steel Vessels (by MT, PT, RT, and UT):
Appendix 7
7. Surface-breaking Cracks in Forged Vessels (by VT):
paragraph UF-45
8. Subsurface Flaws in Forged Vessels (by UT): UF-55

e. National Board Inspection Code (Boilers and Pressure

Vessels):
1. Acceptable Stress (circumferential or longitudinal)
in Corroded Areas: U-107b
2. Scattered Pits: U-107c
3. Thickness of Heads (ellipsoidal or torispherical):
U-107e

f. ASTM Standard Reference Radiographs:

1. E-155; Aluminum and Magnesium Castings
2. E-186; Heavy-Walled (2 to 4.5" (50.8 mm - 114.3 mm))
Steel Castings
3. E-242; Appearances of Radiographic Images as Certain
Parameters are Changed
4. E-446; Steel Castings up to 2" (50.8 mm).
5. E-505; Aluminum and Magnesium Die Castings
6. E-689; Ductile Iron Castings

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